Denomination 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Proportion of the long-term unemployed within the 15–64 age-groupa 41.5 48.9 47.6 45.4 48.6 47.5 45.5 46.6 40.4 38.7 32.1 26.2 31.4 34.5 35.2
By sex
men 41.4 49.3 47.3 45.6 48.7 47.9 46.9 45.8 40.6 40.8 32.2 27.4 31.9 33.8 36.5
women 41.6 48.4 48.0 45.1 48.6 47.0 43.9 47.5 40.2 36.5 32.0 24.8 31.0 35.3 33.8
By education
Primary school, less than 8 completed school years 68.7 52.5 50.1 40.1 52.9 43.2 35.4 … 47.3 … … … … … …
Primary school, 8 completed school years 46.1 52.3 51.0 50.4 51.5 47.7 46.6 43.3 36.9 38.8 37.1 34.3 35.6 36.8 41.5
Vocational school 38.5 47.9 47.0 48.8 49.1 50.5 47.5 50.6 47.2 43.2 30.4 24.9 33.0 33.9 38.7
Secondary general school 41.9 47.2 43.2 36.9 42.7 44.9 39.6 39.6 37.7 42.6 33.5 21.8 30.9 34.1 31.2
Other graduation exam 37.1 49.6 46.9 41.2 48.8 49.0 49.0 52.9 39.6 33.8 25.5 21.1 27.1 33.9 29.7
College 40.7 39.4 43.3 40.4 41.0 38.1 34.5 48.1 34.9 37.0 29.3 24.6 21.9 28.9 21.9
University 39.2 46.2 47.0 31.7 50.1 39.3 46.1 43.4 … … 27.7 … 25.5 33.7 …
By age-group, year-old
15–19 22.8 32.6 … … 22.9 … … … … … … … … … …
20–24 30.6 39.8 37.0 33.7 34.4 34.9 29.5 30.1 22.5 27.8 26.2 23.9 29.6 27.0 23.4
25–29 39.8 48.5 45.3 42.0 46.0 40.8 43.1 38.8 32.2 38.5 29.6 22.7 28.4 31.6 30.8
30–34 37.2 46.7 48.8 40.0 42.5 42.1 42.9 45.9 40.1 38.5 33.3 19.5 33.4 34.8 35.2
35–39 41.2 48.8 47.5 47.6 49.5 47.7 46.7 49.8 42.6 38.2 34.9 31.3 29.0 34.5 37.3
40–44 49.9 55.7 48.6 50.8 55.8 53.7 47.1 49.3 46.4 38.4 31.8 27.9 35.3 35.8 40.8
45–49 46.6 52.5 48.9 48.4 57.4 59.4 49.1 50.9 45.2 41.5 35.3 28.2 36.4 39.8 41.2
50–54 50.2 53.8 52.8 53.3 56.8 56.8 60.0 55.9 49.9 52.2 37.5 26.7 32.0 44.8 39.9
55–59 51.0 52.4 58.9 59.6 60.6 58.2 55.3 59.7 57.7 46.8 44.6 28.7 38.7 39.2 37.4
60–64 … … 65.3 61.8 69.9 73.6 75.3 74.6 57.0 54.0 43.6 44.3 39.8 38.8 51.2
By region
Budapestb 34.9 44.3 45.7 47.9 53.5 52.9 50.5 52.1 40.0 37.2 30.4 18.9 29.2 34.2 28.2
Pestc 42.9 58.1 58.0 53.9 59.5 56.9 58.8 52.9 56.2 46.2 34.6 25.8 27.9 40.8 39.8
Central Hungaryd 38.5 49.7 50.0 50.3 56.1 54.6 54.1 52.4 46.2 40.3 32.1 21.8 28.6 37.0 34.3
Central Transdanubia 35.3 46.9 51.4 47.3 47.4 50.9 46.5 43.2 41.9 33.8 27.0 20.0 27.0 … 24.5
Western Transdanubia 36.3 48.2 48.3 38.6 37.1 40.6 37.7 42.1 38.9 32.2 … … 30.0 25.8 28.9
Southern Transdanubia 45.3 49.1 46.2 44.1 46.1 41.7 44.7 53.7 43.5 35.9 34.1 26.7 26.2 34.1 35.7
Transdanubia 39.0 48.1 48.7 43.8 43.8 44.6 43.5 47.8 42.0 34.5 29.1 22.9 27.5 29.8 31.3
Northern Hungary 45.9 53.0 50.8 48.6 50.3 45.5 43.5 44.0 32.6 37.2 35.4 26.9 31.9 37.8 37.8
Northern Great Plain 43.9 45.4 41.8 39.1 44.1 46.0 40.0 43.0 38.3 43.1 32.3 31.6 36.9 32.9 37.4
Southern Great Plain 42.3 49.2 44.8 42.9 47.9 44.2 44.9 43.9 41.3 36.4 33.8 29.2 31.9 37.0 37.0
Great Plain and North 44.2 49.1 45.7 43.4 47.0 45.3 42.3 43.5 37.4 40.0 33.5 29.8 34.2 35.5 37.4

Footnotes

*Source: Labour Force Survey, HCSO.
aUntil 2002: without people starting a new job within 30 days. From 2003: without people starting a new job within 90 days.
bAccording to the territorial classification system in force from 1 January 2018: capital city and planning-statistical region, territorial level corresponding to the former capital city.
cAccording to the territorial classification system in force from 1 January 2018: county and planning-statistical region, formerly county level.
dAccording to the territorial classification system in force from 1 January 2018: statistical large region, formerly planning-statistical region and statistical large region.

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